#CD3427#CD3427

#CD3427 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.192 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3427
RGB	rgb(205, 52, 39)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 81%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 58.69, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 73.31, 36.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.167 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.192 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7743, 15.5858, 3.5177)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3427 #27C0CD

analogous

#CD276D #CD3427 #CD8727

triadic

#CD3427 #27CD34 #3427CD

tetradic

#CD3427 #6DCD27 #27C0CD #8727CD

square

#CD3427 #6DCD27 #27C0CD #8727CD

split-complementary

#CD3427 #27CD87 #276DCD

monochromatic

#661A13 #9A271D #CD3427 #DE5E53 #E88E86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#CD3427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#CD3427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3427

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3427	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E20033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 52, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.192 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e67763',
    500: '#cd3427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3427;
$custom-light: #e67763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.699,
    "s": 68.033,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56072,
    "c": 0.19172,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3427

secondary

#7ECBD1

accent

#DDEB3D

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#180A05

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3427

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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